Sandplay Therapy is a powerful, creative and transformational healing process for adults and children, using symbol and metaphor to connect with and express our unconscious.
During your session you create a three-dimensional picture or a miniature "world" within the boundaries of the specially designed sandtray. This can help express your innermost feelings, make you aware of your unconscious processes, develop insight into the deeper layers of your being, gradually soften internal conflicts and bring about the sense of integration and wholeness. Personal change, healing and problem resolution occur through symbolic exploration and alchemical transformation within the sandtray.
Sandplay is suitable for people of all ages and backgrounds, and has a number of advantages over conventional talking therapies:
Disclosure of difficult personal information is not required
You are in control of what you do in the session
Helps to enhance creativity and intuition
Works mostly on unconscious level and does not demand conscious effort
Promotes sense of play and fun
Safe, gentle and powerful at the same time
Can help enhance spiritual connection and growth
There is no requirement for home tasks to be completed between sessions
Sessions can take place at longer intervals than with traditional talking therapies
One-off or occasional sessions can be very powerful in their own right
Sandplay Therapy session cost for individuals - £60 per hour, concessions may be available for people on low income.
Session cost for couples - £110 for a two-hour session, concessions may be available for families on low income.
Clinical Supervision is offered to sandplay therapists, at £60 per hour. NO CURRENT SPACES FOR NEW SUPERVISEES, but you can ask to go on my waiting list for supervision.
Sandplay Coaching is also available - this is suitable for leaders, managers, professionals and other individuals who wish to use this creative and transformational approach for professional and personal development, to enhance your problem-solving and decision-making ability, to help resolve interpersonal conflicts, develop your intuition, confidence, self-awareness and leadership skills. Sandplay Coaching sessions for leaders and managers cost £125 per hour. Sandplay Coaching for teams also available, please enquire to discuss the details.
Masha is a tutor for the Association for Integrative Sandplay Therapists and delivers courses and workshops in Integrative Sandplay for therapists, counsellors, teachers, youth workers, and other health, care and education professionals. Please see the Training & Events page for full details.
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